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Sell or part out my old dell?

post #1 of 5
6/28/06 at 8:43pm
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I've got an inspiron 5150 with a dead motherboard that I don't have any interest in paying to fix it back up. The specs are

pentium 4m 3.06ghz, 15" UXGA screen, DVD-burner
1.25gb ram (1gig + 256mb), 40gb harddrive

You can buy a motherboard for a couple hundred dollars on ebay, and otherwise the computer is in good condition.

Do you think people would buy it? It's a good computer other than the motherboard issue. Would I get more money if I parted it out? Or, is this destined to be a very expensive paperweight?

oh, and no internal wireless, but I'd include a b/g pc wireless card.
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post #2 of 5
6/28/06 at 9:12pm
Umm, I'd say try to sell it with the broken motherboard and save up for a new lappy.
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post #3 of 5
6/28/06 at 9:15pm
but take the 1gb out and sell it separately
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post #4 of 5
6/28/06 at 10:08pm
you can sell it with a broken mobo just tell people that. they can go fix it if they want. or you can just sell it for parts.
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post #5 of 5
6/28/06 at 10:12pm
what's dead about the mobo?
I resurected 2 mobo's by ordering 2 new bios chips(whit the proper bios for both mobos) for like 20$ from badflash.com
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